#42C485#42C485

#42C485 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.146 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C485
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 133)
HSL	hsl(151, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(151, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 32.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -49.94, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 54.38, 156.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.1358 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.146 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2179, 42.3287, 28.9743)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C485 #C44281

analogous

#42C444 #42C485 #42C2C4

triadic

#42C485 #8542C4 #C48542

tetradic

#42C485 #4442C4 #C44281 #C2C442

square

#42C485 #4442C4 #C44281 #C2C442

split-complementary

#42C485 #C442C2 #C44442

monochromatic

#216A47 #309966 #42C485 #71D3A3 #9FE1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#42C485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C485

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C485	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.146 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7a8',
    500: '#42c485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c485;
$custom-light: #85d7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C485

secondary

#CE94B0

accent

#4C92DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C485

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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